Erratum: The Amphibian Chytrid Fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, in Fully Aquatic Salamanders from Southeastern North America (PLoS ONE (2012) 7:9 (e44821) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044821);The Amphibian Chytrid Fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, in Fully Aquatic Salamanders from Southeastern North America

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Chatfield, Matthew W H ^a   Moler, Paul ^b   Richards Zawacki, Corinne L ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; NECTURUS; PSEUDOBRANCHUS; SALAMANDROIDEA; SIREN;

EID: 84866266466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271363     Document Type: Erratum

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